She is born as Fijlina van Dijken in the Dutch northeastern province Groningen. Her parents are Pieter Kornelis van Dijken, farmer in 1880, and Jantje Lambertus Weerts.On 4 November 1880 she married in her birthtown Bedum, province Groningen, to the one year older Jan Siemens Dijk, who is born in Thesinge, municipality Ten Boer, province Groningen too.